On 24 August 1785 he rose to second lieutenant in his dragoon regiment.

By 1859, he had been given command of the 4th Dragoon Regiment.

He commanded the 5th Dragoon Regiment between 1727 and 1744.

'It is a troop of the second dragoon regiment,' he said.

Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

He entered a dragoon regiment in 1796 and became second lieutenant in 1798.

The 4th, 14th, and 16th Dragoon Regiments fought during the engagement.

It was retitled as the 10th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751.

A further name change, to the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, occurred in 1783.

In 1751 it was formally renamed as the 14th Regiment of Dragoons.